Giving Thanks

 

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Let us feast this weekend
for thanks giving on its
best of the harvest and
turkey, too; and let us
 
feast on the company
of the new oldest and
youngest of our tribe, on
the sports and games we play
 
and watch together; and
let us feast on the way
our eyes and smiles say love
even if our mouths don’t.  There
 
is work to do, too, with
thanks for the hands and hearts
that wash the pans, and the
knowledge that when this week-
 
end ends we will go back
to earning our living,
to living, to taking
care of the planet and
 
to making our voices heard.
We’ll feast then with people
who support our causes,
though some here now will not.
 
Let us know the limits
and the learning edge of
those we spend time with
and, most of all, ourselves.

For my prompt "Feast" at What's Going On? 

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